Pattern description from Interweave Knits: “Shirley Paden never fails to combine stitch pattern and silhouette in pleasing harmony: this time in an elegant sweater-and-capelet duo. For the fitted, feminine under-sweater, she has used a delicate chevron lace pattern in a classic round yoke pullover. Tuck stitches add texture to the yoke and graceful, belled sleeves fall over the wrists. For added drama, Shirley gave the sweater a matching shoulder-hugging capelet, also worked in the round in a tuck-stitch pattern. In a light, alpaca yarn, the sweater and capelet are lofty and warm.”

“The knitted cast-on method is used at the bottom of each piece to provide sufficient elasticity for the lace pattern. Be sure to place the newly cast-on stitches correctly onto the needle so they will not be worked as twisted stitches on the first row.”

“The back and front contain an exact number of rows, with o allowance for adjusting the length, so that the lace pattern for the body ends on a specific row. The sweater yoke and capelet contain an exact number of rows or rounds in order to accommodate the planned decrease for each neckline.”

“A garter-stitch selvedge (knit every row) is worked at each side; the selvedge stitches are not shown on chart.”

“If there are not enough stitches as a result of shaping or sizing to work a yarnover or decrease with its companion decrease or yarnover, work the stitches in stockinette stitch (St st). For example, on the Arrowhead Lace chart, the sleeve for size 41/5” is a k2tog on Row 1, but this size does not have enough stitches to work the companion yarnover that appears 2 stitches to the right on Row 1. Instead, work the first stitch of Row 1 for this size as k1 to keep the stitch count consistent.”